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καθαιρέω G2507
G2507 is the Greek word καθαιρέω, transliterated kathairéō. The King James Version most often renders it took him down.
What it means
to lower (or with violence) demolish (literally or figuratively).
Where it comes from
from G2596 (κατά) and G138 (αἱρέομαι) (including its alternate).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 10 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: cast (pull, put, take) down, destroy.
Verses using καθαιρέω
All 9 verses, quoted in full.
Mark 15:36 · KJV
And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.
Mark 15:46 · KJV
And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.
Luke 1:52 · KJV
He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
Luke 12:18 · KJV
And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.
Luke 23:53 · KJV
And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.
Acts 13:19 · KJV
And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.
Acts 13:29 · KJV
And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.
Acts 19:27 · KJV
So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.
2 Corinthians 10:5 · KJV
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
Common questions
What does Strong's G2507 mean?
G2507 is the Greek word καθαιρέω (kathairéō), meaning to lower (or with violence) demolish (literally or figuratively).
How is G2507 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it took him down (2 times), destroyed (2 times), take (1 time), put down (1 time), pull down (1 time), among others.
How many times does G2507 appear in the Bible?
καθαιρέω (kathairéō) is tagged in 9 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does G2507 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from G2596 (κατά) and G138 (αἱρέομαι) (including its alternate).
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